Results 3,281-3,300 of 5,762 for speaker:Gerard Craughwell
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: The party system.
- Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I wish to split my time with Senator McDowell, on a 50:50 basis. The budget is a Brexit budget and there are three key aspects to a no-deal Brexit that the State needs to consider urgently.Those three aspects are policing, customs, and defence, which all relate to the Border. I am baffled and cannot wait for the Minister of State at the Department of Defence to explain why we are reducing...
- Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I am talking about the upper end of the help to buy scheme. As far as I know there has been no change to that limit and we are still working up to €500,000. I spoke to a couple recently who have spent €97,000 in rent over the past seven years, and because of that they cannot possibly save a deposit. We are going to have to do something about this. I promised to give my time...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business to have the Minister of State with special responsibility for defence before the House. A battalion will be deployed to Lebanon in two and a half weeks’ time. I have just received news that the commanding officer of the battalion has resigned to take up a job in the private sector. I do not know how we will send a battalion to Lebanon...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: It is far from an individual case.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: It impacts on hundreds of others.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I disagree.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: It is disingenuous for the Leader to attack me-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: The Defence Forces may be getting €32 million, but €30 million was unspent this year and €92 million has been returned to the Exchequer since 2014. The Leader should not draw me on.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I do not know about that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: This is about a unit and who is going to command it.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: I have no knowledge of any contingency plan to fill that vacancy.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Absolutely not.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: We have a duty of care to those who will serve.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Is the Leader telling me there is somebody ready to go?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Is the Leader telling me there is a man or a woman ready to fill the post?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: The Leader needs to understand that my position was one of concern-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: The Whip, Senator McFadden, has engaged with me, and her bona fides on the Defence Forces are well known. I will engage with her and withdraw the amendment.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Oct 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: The Minister has requested the floor.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Oct 2019)
Gerard Craughwell: Does the Minister wish to speak on it?